Here’s an item on Slashdot exploring the proper use of a trademarked name in a free distribution of software. Jamesday summarizes some of the issues in a comment.
Whoops. Meant to blog this earlier.
Is there anything else I need to blog tonight or can I go to sleep?
A number of scholarly publishers are concerned that Google’s plan to digitize library collections won’t work with copyright law. The journal Nature has more details.
From Library Link of the Day
It seems like I was explaining to someone the challenges of clearing copyright for orphaned works not too long ago. According to Sabrina on beSpacific, the Copyright Office hopes people will comment to them about it.
Addendum: A geeky reader observed that orphaned copyright works are very similar to abandonware in the computer industry.
I’m hoping readers [...]
On the radio, I heard a version of Jay-Z’s Encore from The Black Album mixed with Linkin Park’s Numb. Since it seems to be a joint venture, it probably lacks the copyright issues The Grey Album has. In the CD store today, I found a CD mixing Jay-Z and Linkin Park’s work. I almost bought [...]
I have a ‘net connection for the time being, so I might try to blog live notes for this NEASIST program about copyright law in the digital environment.
Jonathan Zittrain gave a very humorous presentation.
Wendy Seltzer talked about the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s activities and recent copyright developments.
Siva Vaidhyanathan of New York University broached the issue of [...]
Beneath a pile of stuff on my desk, I found the October 2004 issue of Information Today open to “Who’s Responsible for Copyright Infringement?” George Pike outlines why agencies that enable people to abuse copyright law might be liable for copyright infringement, even if they discourage people from using their services and products for illegal [...]
A Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of almost 3,000 musicians finds many use the Internet as an important tool, think unauthorized peer-to-peer file sharing should be illegal, and don’t feel online file sharing threatens their work in a major way.
another from beSpacific
United States District Judge Maxine Chesney sided with John Ashcroft’s motion to dismiss Brewster Kahle v. John Ashcroft. The plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of several federal copyright laws, thinking one “violate[s] the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by imposing substantial burdens on speech without advancing any legitimate government interest” and giving more reasons [...]
I read this Accordion Guy post about copyright issues related to reprinting song lyrics when it whizzed past me last week and am just now writing something about it. I quote song lyrics fairly frequently in my tagline here and on another blog. Some of my blogging colleauges do, also. I always thought what I [...]